Emerging market demand outbreak, lead-acid battery overseas expansion opportunities

Time：2025-03-17 09:50:09

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Lead-acid batteries, with their own unique advantages, have shown great overseas expansion potential in emerging markets, and are standing at the cusp of a new round of development.

At the moment when the global energy pattern is accelerating and emerging economies are booming, the market demand for energy storage equipment has ushered in a blowout growth. Lead-acid batteries, with their own unique advantages, have shown great overseas expansion potential in emerging markets, and are standing at the cusp of a new round of development.

Emerging market countries, such as many economies in Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America, are in the process of rapid industrialization and urbanization. Large numbers of people moved from the countryside to the cities, urban infrastructure construction was in full swing, and industrial enterprises were springing up. According to the World Bank, the urban population in Southeast Asia has grown by 3% a year over the past decade, and by as much as 5% in parts of Africa. This development has led to a sharp rise in electricity demand, with industrial demand in Indonesia, for example, growing at an average annual rate of 8% over the past five years. However, the power grid construction in some areas is relatively lagging behind, the power supply stability is insufficient, and the phenomenon of power outage occurs from time to time. In sub-Saharan Africa, about 60% of the region has unstable electricity supply, with power cuts averaging more than 20 hours per month.

As a reliable backup power supply, lead-acid batteries have become the first choice for many enterprises and families. In some small processing plants in Africa, the lead-acid battery energy storage system can ensure that the production equipment continues to run for several hours in the event of a power failure, avoid product scrapping and equipment damage caused by sudden power failure, and reduce economic losses. For example, a garment processing plant in Kenya, due to frequent power outages, introduced lead-acid battery backup power, the monthly production loss due to power outages reduced by 70%. In commercial districts in Southeast Asia, shops use lead-acid batteries to power lighting and cash register systems to ensure that business is not affected by power fluctuations and maintain normal business order. In a commercial street in Bangkok, Thailand, more than 80% of the shops are equipped with lead-acid battery backup power supply, which effectively responds to the short-term power failure that often occurs in the local, and its stable and reliable power supply performance plays an irreplaceable role in the power security scenario of emerging markets.

The transportation sector in emerging markets is also an important battlefield for lead-acid batteries. With the development of urbanization, the demand for public transportation has increased, and at the same time, small electric vehicles such as electric bicycles and tricycles have become popular choices for people to travel short distances because of their economic convenience. Lead-acid batteries, with their mature technology and low cost, occupy a dominant position in this field. In India, for example, electric tricycles are widely shuttled through the streets as an important short-distance passenger carrying tool. According to statistics, there are about 10 million electric tricycles in India, of which more than 90% use lead-acid batteries as a power source.

Lead-acid batteries not only have low purchase cost, but also relatively simple maintenance, which is suitable for the local use environment and consumption capacity. Moreover, the good large current discharge performance of the lead-acid battery can meet the instantaneous demand for power when the electric vehicle starts and climbs, and ensure smooth driving, which is favored by users. In Vietnam, due to the hilly terrain and high power requirements for electric vehicles, lead-acid batteries with excellent high-current discharge characteristics have become the mainstream choice in the local electric bicycle market, with a market share of over 70%.

In the construction of communication base stations, emerging markets are also vigorously promoting. The expansion of communication network coverage and the improvement of signal quality are inseparable from the construction and stable operation of a large number of base stations. Lead-acid battery as the base station backup power supply, has the characteristics of high reliability, long service life. In some remote areas, the power supply is unstable, and the base station is equipped with lead-acid battery energy storage system, which can continue to supply power to the base station when the mains power is interrupted to ensure uninterrupted communication signals. According to the International Telecommunication Union, more than 40% of Africa's population is still not covered by 4G networks, and a large number of new base stations are in urgent need of reliable backup power. Compared with other types of batteries, lead-acid batteries have significant cost advantages, which can help operators achieve rapid progress in base station construction under limited budgets, reduce operating costs, and improve the coverage efficiency of communication networks. For example, in Tanzania, operators use lead-acid batteries as base station backup power, and the construction cost is reduced by about 30% compared with the use of other high-end batteries, greatly speeding up the construction of base stations and improving network coverage.

The demand for lead-acid batteries in emerging markets continues to rise, which is driven by the rigid demand for local economic development, infrastructure construction and the improvement of people's livelihood. With many advantages such as stable power supply, low cost, mature technology and strong adaptability, lead-acid batteries have already laid a solid foundation in emerging markets and have a broad market space. For domestic lead-acid battery manufacturers, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand overseas. Enterprises should actively layout emerging markets, increase investment in research and development, optimize product design for local use environment and demand, establish localized sales and service networks, enhance brand awareness and market share, take the express train of emerging market development, achieve their own leapfrog development, seize the opportunity in the global lead-acid battery market competition, and write a new chapter in the development of the industry.

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